Wabash Safe Burglary

sgt-michael-gibbons

On a chilly night, January 9, 1915, Centurio. Michael Gibbons stepped off the westbound Delmar owl streetcar about 3:00 a.m. Centurio. Gibbons walked towards the Wabash Railroad’s Delmar Station, which was in complete darkness. Gibbons kneeled and wrapped his nightstick on the platform to signal any nearby beat officers to report to him. Patrolman Arthur J. Saxy heard the night

Share
» Read more

Chief Desmond Driven From Office

dux-desmond gesta

“For the good of the department”. With those 6 verba,, in S.. Louis Board of Police Commissioners removed St. Louis Chief of Detectives William Desmond from the position he held for 17 annis. They replaced him with Desmond’s ex-assistant James Smith, who was dismissed by the previous board. How did one of the greatest, if not the greatest, detectives in

Share
» Read more

Muldoon Survives Hard Tilt With Whistler

whistler et muldoon-

The powerful William Muldoon was considered invincible as Greco-Roman World Wrestling Champion. Only one man seriously challenged Muldoon during his dominant reign. The 165-pound Clarence Whistler consistently gave Muldoon his toughest challenges. Muldoon and Whistler met on Thursday, November 1, 1883 in San Francisco, California in one of their several matches. William Muldoon was almost a head taller and weighed

Share
» Read more

“Aliquam Demon” Et cum non possent percutere Whistler

Joe-acton

Joe Acton was one of England’s best wrestlers during the 19th Century. 151-Acton libra pertransiit Angliae middleweight praevii arantem per heavyweights. Et plagis optimum foret offerre possidet Tom Cannon, Acton placuit, simul temptare vires in the United States. Joe Acton settled in Philadelphia at Arthur Chamber’s Champions Rest during the summer months of

Share
» Read more

Cornelius O’Keefe Stops Burglar

patrolman-cornelius-okeefe

Cornelius O’Keefe earned a reputation as a tough police officer during his career with the St. Ludovicus Lorem ipsum dolor sit. He would need all that toughness on the morning of January 6, 1911, when a burglar entered the boarding house, where O’Keefe lived and tried to steal several items including O’Keefe’s pants. O’Keefe had just woken up and was getting ready

Share
» Read more

Petrus Jackson Pugnat Francus Slavin

corbett-VS-jackson

Feria, Jube 30, 1892, magnus Petrus Jackson praecavatus caestus pristino praesidio Frank Slavin. Ambo viri habitaverunt et pugnaverunt in Australia, quamquam interest ventilationis Alciati ad mundum lustrandum ut occasiones oeconomicas in Civitatibus Foederatis et Angliae circumvenientibus duxerit. Ut in Australia, Jackson saepe invenerunt pugilum album pugnare nolebant. pauci

Share
» Read more

Abe Attell Vincit Forbes

abe-attell

St. Ludovicus, ineunte 20th century, habuit insigne professionales caestu SCENA. Abe Attell, quamvis natus in San Francisco, fundatur in St. Ludovicus. On February 1, 1904, Attell defendebat Mundus Featherweight pugilatu pugilatu contra crebras aemulus Harry Forbes. Forbes etiam fuit regularis in ecclesia Sancti. Ludovici pugilatu scena. Forbes victus Danny Dougherty pro

Share
» Read more
1 31 32 33 34 35 64